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PETERS v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF RANTOUL TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DIST.

No. 56860.

97 Ill.2d 166 (1983)

454 N.E.2d 310

JANET M. PETERS, Appellee, v. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF RANTOUL TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 193 OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 30, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Mathis, of Rantoul, for appellant.

Drach, Terrell & Deffenbaugh, P.C., of Springfield, for appellee.

Gilbert Feldman, of Cornfield & Feldman, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Federation of Teachers.

Miller & Tracy Law Offices, P.C., of Monticello, for amicus curiae Illinois Association of School Boards.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

In April 1981 the plaintiff, Janet M. Peters, a tenured high school English teacher, received notice from the defendant board of education of Rantoul Township High School District No. 193 of her honorable dismissal effective at the conclusion of the 1980-81 school year. The dismissal was stated to be, in the language of section 24-12 of the School Code (Ill....

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